Nose-guard for eyeglasses.



PATENTED FEB. 26, 1907.

I L. F. ADT. NOSE GUARD FOR EYEGLASSES.

- View of a portion'of an eyeglass provided To an whores it may concern:

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Beit known that I, LEO r. Am, of Albany,

:inthe county of Albany and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Nose-Guards .for Eyeglasses; andI do hereby declare the followingftobe afull, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and to the reference-numorals marked thereon.

' the guard being sufficiently resilient to enable them to. adjust themselves to the shape of the nose and to avoid undue pinching thereof. To these and other ends the invention con sists in certain combinations and improvements of the parts, allas will be hereinafter explained, the novel features being pointed out in the claims at the end of the specification;

, In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective with a nose-guard embodying my present invention. 'Big. 2 is a viewwof themounting viewededgewise of the lens. Figs. 3, 4, and are perspective views of other forms of nose-guards embodying my invention.

Similar reference-'numerais in the several figures indicate similar parts. It is desirable in devices of this kind that they should be held in place before the wearer's eyes by nose-guards having relativeiy rigid portionswhich' may be properly set by the optician in fitting the glasses and are adapted to rest on the solid or bony portion of the nose and supplemental noseengaging portions adapted to be yieldingly pressed into the fleshy portion ofthe nose to prevent tilting or slipping of, the eyeglasses, and this is. accomplished according to the present invention by providing a. ad or arm proceeding from a resilient bend formed therein at a point in rear of and substantially en the ievel with the lower nose-engaging portion of the guard to aflord suflicient re- 5 siiiency tor the 23d.

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ments are preferably composed of sheet material and adapted for attachment to the ordinary verticaliy-opening studs of eyeglasses, and in the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2 it embodies an attaching portion 1, connected; to a downwardly-extending arrrfi 2, preferably ofi's'et rearwardly of the lane of the lens, a lower nosead 3 procee ing forwardly and downwar ly frcm this arm to rovide a relatively rigid nose-engaging suraceon the guard. The latter in this form is preferably offset inwardly from the plane of the arm. 2 to bring this nose-engaging surface into the proper plan relati l r the nose-engaging surface of the supplemental pad, the latter in'this form being'attached to the guard proper by an arm forming a downward continuation edgewise of the supporting-arm, a bend 4 flatwise of the material being formed in this arm at a point in rear of and at about the same level of the lower nose-engaging portionto form a resilient or spring connection between the guard and the sup lemental nose-engagingportion 5 that wili permit the latter to swing with sufficient leverage from a point at or near the bottom of the guard, the top of this supplemental portion preferably ex tending upwardly above the point of attach ment or center of the lens in order that it may engage the fleshy portion of the nose.

In the guard shown in Fig 3 the haver nest engaging portion 6 proceeds downwardly from the attaching-lug. and the. supplemental nose engaging portion 7 is resiliently or yieldingly connected to the bottom or lower portion of the guard by means of an arm 8, extending rearwardly from the rear edge of the lower nose-engaging portion and supporting a bend or convolution 9, the latter in the present instance proceeding from the upper edge of said arm and extending first outwardly, thence downwardly and inwardly beneath the arm to connect With the lower end of the supplemental nose-engaging 'portion, the supportiug-arm being preferablyofiset outwardly to bring the nose-engaging surfaces of the guard in proper relation.

The guard shown in Fig. i is similar to that form just described, although the rearwardlyextending connecting-arm 10 is provided with. a horizontal bend 11 to yieldingly support the supplemental nose-engagingportion and to bring its nose-engaging surface into proper relation with that oi the lower noseengaging portion. In the guard shown in Eatented Feb.

the arm 1?, connecting the supplethe supplemental nose-engaging portion and considerable length of metal to provide the desired resilient action without liability of breakage;

In each of the guards shown it is preferable that the supplemental -nose-engaging surface being in the form of a pad or expanded portion at its upper end, so as to engage a sufficient area of the skin as to avoid undue pinching, and the narrowed arm may be adjusted so that it may or may not engage the nose as a nose-engaging surface, as may be desirable oradvantageous in each case, the oflset connection between the nose-engaging surfaces causing them to stand in edgewise relation to each other, so that their flat surfaces may serve as nose-engaging surfaces.

Nose-guards constructed in accordance with the present invention will be found to be efficient in use, and they can be produced cheaply, as all of the forms shown may be formed of a single piece of sheet material.

I claim as my -invention 1. A nose-guard for eyeglasses composed of flat material embodying lower and supple- 'mental nose-engaging portions arranged m edgewise relation and connected by a resilient bend flatwise of the material and arran ed on substantially the same level with thifiower nose-engaging portion. p

2. A nose-guard for eyeglasses embodying a lower nose-engaging portion, a supplemental nose-engaging portion arranged in rear of the lower portion, and an arm connecting the said nose-engaging portions having a resilient bend therein transverse of'the plane of the nose-engaging surface of the guard and ar-' ranged at the lower portion of the guard.

3. A nose-guard for eyeglasses composed of a single piece of flat material embodying an attaching portion, a lower nose-engaging portion, a supplemental nose-engaging portion arranged edgewise to the lower bearing portion and extending above the point of attachment thereof, and a connecting-arm proceeding edgewise from the guard and having a resilient bend therein flatwise of the material at a point in rear of and at substantially the same level with the lower nose-engaging surface. e

4. A nose-guard for eyeglasses composed of sheet material and embodying a lower holding-pad, a supplemental pad arranged above the holding-pad, and a reduced elongated nose-engaging, arm arranged edgewise of the holding-pad and extending upwardly from the lower portion of the holding-pad.

5. A nose-guard for eyeglasses composed of sheet material and embodying an attaching portion, a lower nose-engaging portion, a supplemental nose-engaging portion or pad arranged above and in rear of thedower noseengaging portion, and'an elongated arm arranged edgewise of the lower nose-engaging portion and connecting the latter and the supplemental pad, said arm having a resilient portion therein at the lower portion of the guard and formed by a flatwise bend of the material.-

6. In eyeglasses,.the combination with a lens of a nose-guard adapted to be attached thereto composed of sheet material and emb'odying an attac'hingportion; a supportingarm extending downwardly therefrom and" offset rearwardly of the plane of the lens, a lower nose-engaging portion extending forwardly and downwardly from said arm, .a

supplemental noserengaging pad, and, an

elongated resilient arm therefor forming a continuation of the offset supporting-arm and arranged edgewise of the lower nose-em gaging portion, said arm having a bend therein fiatwise of the material at a point adjacent to the lower nose-engaging portion.

LEO ADT.

Witnesses:

EDWARD MURPHY, 2d, IVILLIAM M. KEENAN. 

